My father left school at 14, my mother at 13. My father was clever and well-read. He took a newspaper, always watched the news, discussed it all the time.

We spoke French at home and I didn't know any English until I went to school. My mother was French and met my father when he visited France as a student on a teaching placement.

The father is always a Republican toward his son, and his mother's always a Democrat.

It was so big, ... I watched it on the news, and I was just worried about it the whole time. I was calling them during the storm -- cell phones worked during the storm -- and just checking up on them. My mom was sounding kind of nervous. But they went through Hurricane Camille and all that, so they were doing fine.

The father is always a Republican toward his son, and his mother's always a Democrat.

The power of the
journalist is great, but he is entitled neither to respect nor admiration because of
that power unless it is used aright.